Ḥijāb al-Marʾah wa-Libāsuhā fī al-Ṣalāh - Ibn Taimiya - (15)

Ḥijāb al-Marʾah wa-Libāsuhā fī al-ṢalāhIbn Taimiya

Section: “Clothing during the Prayer”

Shaykh al-Islām, may Allah have mercy on him, devoted a separate discussion to “Clothing during the Prayer,” which in essence is the divine command to “adorn yourselves at every place of worship.” The jurists, for their part, treat this under what they call “The Chapter of Covering the ʿAwrah during the Prayer.”

Some of them assumed that whatever must be hidden from the gaze of onlookers—that is, the private parts—is likewise all that needs to be covered while praying. They based this on the verse:

“and let them not display their adornment except what normally appears thereof, and let them draw their head-coverings over their bosoms” (Q 24:31),

followed by:

“and let them not display their adornment”—meaning the concealed adornment—“except to their husbands …” 1

Hence they concluded: A woman is allowed, while praying, to reveal the outward adornment but not the hidden adornment.

The early generations differed over what constitutes “outward adornment,” holding two opinions:

Ibn Masʿūd and those who agreed with him said that it refers to her garments.
Ibn ʿAbbās and those who agreed with him said that it refers to whatever is on the face and hands.

(1) Surah al-Nur, verse 31. The remainder reads: “Or their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their fellow women, those whom their right hands possess, male attendants who have no sexual desire, or children who are not yet aware of women’s private parts. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, so that you may prosper.”

فصل في "اللباس في الصلاة" وقال شيخ الإسلام رحمه الله فصل في "اللباس في الصلاة" وهو أخذ الزينة عند كل مسجد: الذي يسميه الفقهاء: "باب ستر العورة في الصلاة" فإن طائفة من الفقهاء ظنوا أن الذي يستر في الصلاة هو الذي يستر عن أعين الناظرين وهو العورة وأخذ ما يستر في الصلاة من قوله: {وَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَى جُيُوبِهِنَّ} ثم قال {وَلا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ} يعني الباطنة {إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ} ١ الآية، فقالوا: يجوز لها في الصلاة أن تبدي الزينة الظاهرة دون الباطنة والسلف قد تنازعوا في الزينة الظاهرة على قولين: ١ - فقال: ابن مسعود ومن وافقه هي الثياب ٢ - وقال ابن عباس ومن وافقه: هو ما في الوجه واليدين،

١ سورة النور: الآية ٣١، وتمامها: {أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَائِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي إِخْوَانِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِي أَخَوَاتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُنَّ أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِي الْأِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ وَلا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِنْ زِينَتِهِنَّ وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعاً أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ}